Cambridge High and Latin School

William C. Hoffman “Bill Slim”

Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed William C. Hoffman (“Bill Slim”) among 421 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: came from Roberts School; headed for Aviation School; lived at 187 Harvard Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 71.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 42 more named Hoffman

Full name: William C. Hoffman
Known as: Bill Slim
Lived at: 187 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Roberts School
Headed for: Aviation School

Also searched as: Bill Hoffman; William Hoffman; Billy Hoffman; Hoffman, William.

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Neighbours 89
Same surname 25
Classmates 420
Same schools 23

In context

This site lists 421 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929; sorted by surname, William comes 183rd. Find William on page 71 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 are spread over pages 25 to 132. William did not arrive alone from Roberts School: 16 other graduates name it too. Over 14 classes from 1917 to 1930, Harvard Street is the street of 87 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site. This site lists 421 names for the class of 1929, against 416 for 1928 and 483 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Violet Hodge, Mary Margaret Hogan, Charles M. Holbrook
Same street	Harvard Street: 9 other classmates
Same earlier school	Roberts School: 16 other classmates
Same first name	William: 8 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

What the yearbook said

I am a quiet gentlemen, And I would sit and dream.

Also grew up on Harvard Street

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Also came from Roberts School

Also headed for Aviation School

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 71. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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